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Dryfus has been very vocal about his views for some time. As the theater acknowledged, they needed to do a better job vetting guests. Also I'm going to guess that they didn't have any language in their agreement that would have made Dryfus responsible for damages incurred by his actions. Also, there is insurance for this sort of stuff which they should maintain as a cost of doing business.
I hope that all the prep and insurance doesn't make the whole venture unprofitable, or we will never have nice things. It sounds like they are trying to do the right thing, but you are correct, the contract needed to make him responsible and they needed to do the bare minimum effort to check if they were hiring a monster.
Our business has to do this. In our case it's called Errors and Omisions insurance but I have no doubt that similar insurance exists for entertainment venues. It is also not crazy expensive.
It's a lessoned learned. Unfortunately it is one learned exclusively at the expense of the patrons.